Elliott Graham Colvin

Elliott Graham Colvin (1836–1883) was a British Indian Civil Service (ICS) Officer. He served in Mathura and Meerut during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and later became Meerut's Commissioner. After his death, a gate was erected in his memory in Bulandshahr on the instructions of Frederic Growse. Early life and family Elliott Colvin was born in 1836 in Calcutta, now Kolkata, to John Russell Colvin. His siblings included Auckland Colvin and Walter Colvin. He was educated at Eton and Haileybury, England. In 1850 he became a naval cadet. On 18 September 1862 in Nainital, he married Edith, the eldest daughter of Peter Cunningham. The Times of India later noted that "he was peculiarly happy in his married life". He learnt French, German and Russian, and was familiar with several Northern Indian dialects.